Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-03-25
Objections TO the Township Syste u

Ths baltimore Sss gives 'as vlrss = the
Port Tobacco TlHk. q opPost'toa 20 ;ss ia'ro
igciiaa % the ioaash5p system IN N.ry sat
ln this pla.o ant c4nts4 dssg4,ioa thr resl
mcrIls % The question ma. - yrug~Flt pre-
+ seaist ard h. pop. made sudesst.as it
thoroughly, Nesrrt rsts. The o gsctIons made
br the sbl- editor o. Cs.'4r, ro4atr. o.a e
peculiarly Nsry1sai s,.uipo,sl src Hah.. TO
deter iar Introduction of f,sfr1n -Alsh h 49,.
DOT oniF Welded the test o. rcsalt. - otsr-
states but hs. hrrn csn'assei some time sr
thinking farmers Of ,hls section The xlsi Of
The ho.e argument ia opposition rests IN os
ore declaration. that because ih. population u.
30 sparse sd widely SpsrAtea ia Svalh.ra
Mars laad that further subdivision o. the 10,
cal communities sni coasrq8esi s.grrgslloa -
iecsi tsxes would defeat The verr obp.ct o. rs
.droeatrs. thoagh it = admitted thar to popa-
ious districts IL would be practicable
Nos # Southern Maryland - f-rerer 70 re.
main d5siinc:ire planlatoa district. ~s are
free o admit that Ii. otJrsiioas coming from
Charles couaty are well taken Bat hoe IS i,
that ths same Chs.ss coGaty journal tak.s
the lead OF newspapers - this section 10 lavlG-
ing Northern lmmgr4fIonf For this course
~e commend IL, IT has esdsa,ofrd with more
lhan Ordinary journ-lis,ic ability 10 pres,u 1
the advantages Of our SOL snd latitude TO tie
people Of The more rigorous climate aua we
II a
ture InfuI of substantial citizens Taere mas,
come, sowev-rr, ch.age in the old pIanta.
lion system. A strong tide Of ssrB.st farmer.
pushing down this way will demand land
This makes population Population demands
The township system. the concentrating OF 10.
cal powsr-sbsolute home rsie. II is ln vaia
10 cry that the time is not ripe because the
population is Dot already here II never will
come il il awaits for the time to be ready
Please remember The declaration of Msucsuiy
that if men are 10 wait FOR freedom unrii they
are ripe for liberty, they may indeed, remain
in bondage forever. lfihe Port Tobacco TINE.
IS really 10 earnest in wishing u dense popul.-
| ton from the North 10 settle IN Charles county
he innovations which consequ,nly follow
must be admitted and granted. A strong cas-.
in point IS the region about LsureI in our own
county Of Prince Georges. Tn. tide ha. al.
ready set in and the future points 10 a happy
increase. Our road system is defective for
want Of personal supervision on the part OF an
| official. The editor of the TINES proposes
| skilled superintendent on the part Of the coun-
~, TO manage all the roads within the county
lines. Thi. IS slt.ost practical impossibility
even if such q superintendent was paragon
OF energy and bad The purse strings ut bis
command. What We demand is a skilied sup
erintendent selected by our own votes. " no
shall use the money appropriated IN the form
of taxes from our own farms Ii is home rule
in nutshell road master 10 each of TWEEN.
ty districts Of county, can do more service
than one superintendent for twenty districts
The money raised in each distric, would be
spent there, under The personal expenses O. ad.
joining property owners. 1t would be vastly
superior to tie present "star chamber" system
that prevails on the part of too many Boards
of County Commissioners.
In oil Justice however TO some sections of
Mary land, and this may have aetusied the
Charles county editor, thee may be danger in
the innovatCn q Of township system where the
iiterate colored vote outnumbers the white by
overwhelming majorities. With this view OF
the case, the whole argument would turu on
e1pedency rather than practicability y.-LaSrei
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